If you have trouble remembering to turn back your clocks today, think about Pauline West.
60-year-old housewife has more than 4,000 crammed into her apartment.
And while the rest of the country was as much as possible an extra hour in bed, she starts a three-day mission to lose them all.
The collection, considered the largest in the world, covering all the walls in a two-bedroom apartment and costs £ 15,000. It started 24 years ago.
Pauline's husband Roy, 67, even had to put more than 60 hours in the bathroom of his home in Eastleigh, Hampshire.
The only room to escape her bedroom is a 22-year-old son Kevin. It has an alarm clock.
Roy is retired, so in tune with the collection he can hear, if the clock is not ticking.
He said: "Kevin really hates them. He cursed hours, if they happen to call when he tries to watch TV.
The pair also spends up to an hour every night tending to wind-up clock. They buy batteries in bulk every month to-date.
The most valuable is £ 1,000 a 150-year-old grandmother clock. It cost 20 pounds sterling from the sale of the vehicle load.
Pauline said: "Everyone knows me as a local clock woman, and they came to me during the week has reminded me to put them back one hour.
"They make one hell of a racket when they chime - it's like someone drops pennies into a tin can. All the rest of the time it's fine - we're all familiar ticking.
Pauline added: "I have a watch, but I did not bother to wear it.
Roy, a former driver of the delivery was on hand to poke the adoption hours apart and fix them, despite receiving additional training.
60-year-old housewife has more than 4,000 crammed into her apartment.
And while the rest of the country was as much as possible an extra hour in bed, she starts a three-day mission to lose them all.
The collection, considered the largest in the world, covering all the walls in a two-bedroom apartment and costs £ 15,000. It started 24 years ago.
Pauline's husband Roy, 67, even had to put more than 60 hours in the bathroom of his home in Eastleigh, Hampshire.
The only room to escape her bedroom is a 22-year-old son Kevin. It has an alarm clock.
Roy is retired, so in tune with the collection he can hear, if the clock is not ticking.
He said: "Kevin really hates them. He cursed hours, if they happen to call when he tries to watch TV.
The pair also spends up to an hour every night tending to wind-up clock. They buy batteries in bulk every month to-date.
The most valuable is £ 1,000 a 150-year-old grandmother clock. It cost 20 pounds sterling from the sale of the vehicle load.
Pauline said: "Everyone knows me as a local clock woman, and they came to me during the week has reminded me to put them back one hour.
"They make one hell of a racket when they chime - it's like someone drops pennies into a tin can. All the rest of the time it's fine - we're all familiar ticking.
Pauline added: "I have a watch, but I did not bother to wear it.
Roy, a former driver of the delivery was on hand to poke the adoption hours apart and fix them, despite receiving additional training.
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